Dr. Stefan Fink

Dr. Stefan Fink

Dr. Stefan Fink

Lawyer, Dr iur., Partner

Main areas of activity

  • Litigation
  • Debt collection and bankruptcy law
  • Corporate and commercial law
  • Labor law
  • Real estate law
  • Contract law
  • Liability law
  • Commercial criminal law

advising and litigating

Languages

German, English

Admission

2010
Admission to the Zurich Bar

Education

2015
Dr. iur. University of Zurich
2007
lic. iur. University of Zurich

Professional background

Since 2021
Partner at beelegal Bösiger. Engel. Egloff
2019 - 2020
Attorney at beelegal Bösiger. Engel. Egloff
2010 - 2018
Attorney at Wenger Plattner Attorneys at Law
2007 - 2008
Auditor & legal secretary at the District Court of Bülach
2005 - 2007
Research assistant at the Chair of Private Law at the Institute of Law of the University of Zurich under Prof. Dr. A. Büchler
2002
Clerk at Ernst & Young AG

Current teaching commitments

Since 2022
Lecturer at the Kalaidos Law School for Civil Procedure Law
Since 2020
Lecturer at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)

Memberships

Since 2020
Member of the Aargau Bar Association
Since 2019
Member on-call criminal defense
Since 2018
Member of the SchKG Association
Since 2010
Member of the Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
Since 2010
Member of the Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)

Publications

  • Decision discussion BGE 149 III 362: Legal protection interest of the claimant in the case of zero dividend, AJP 2/2024, 174 ff.
  • Accompanying booklet Civil Procedure Law I, 3rd edition, Zurich 2023 (together with Johann Zürcher)
  • Application for definitive legal opening, in: Kommentierte Musterklagen zur Zwangsvollstreckung und zu den Rechtsmitteln, Fischer Willi/Theus Simoni Fabiana/Gessler Dieter (eds.), Volume V, Zurich 2022, 2nd edition, p. 19 ff. (together with Karin Graf)
  • Opening of bankruptcy proceedings without prior debt enforcement (suspension of payments), in: Kommentierte Musterklagen zur Zwangsvollstreckung und zu den Rechtsmitteln, Fischer Willi/Theus Simoni Fabiana/Gessler Dieter (eds.), Volume V, Zurich 2022, 2nd edition, p. 71 ff. (together with Denise Jagmetti and Oliver Künzler)
  • Federal Court ruling - waiver of municipal value-added tax, Less room for maneuver for municipalities in the canton of Zurich? Zürcher Hauseigentümer, issue no. 9 2022, p. 8 ff.
  • Decision review BGE 147 III 365: Recognition of a foreign bankruptcy decree (Art. 166 para. 1 IPRG) ("Sabena vs. Swissair"), AJP 1/2022, p. 61 ff. (together with Martina Widmer)
  • Commentary on Art. 74 - 78 SchKG, in: Basler Kommentar zum Bundesgesetz über Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs SchKG, Daniel Staehelin/Thomas Bauer/Franco Lorandi (eds.), 3rd edition, Basel 2021
  • Negative interest rates - Can customers reclaim mortgage interest from their bank? An upside-down world with Libor mortgages, Der Schweizerische Hauseigentümer, issue no. 13 2021, p. 9
  • Decision discussion BGer 5A_535/2018: Legal interest in a collocation action in the case of a presumed zero dividend, AJP 1/2021, p. 123 et seq.
  • Evidence, in: Handbook of Civil Procedure Law, Zurich/Basel/Geneva 2020 (together with Stephan Kesselbach)
  • Decision discussion BGer 2C_536/2018: Contacting a lawyer with a potential witness, AJP 2/2020, p. 243 ff.
  • Opening bankruptcy proceedings without prior debt enforcement in the event of suspension of payments - How do I get a (recalcitrant) debtor to pay their debts quickly and cost-effectively? AJP 2/2019, p. 169 ff.
  • The creditor's right to inspect the annual and audit reports, AJP 4/2018, p. 448 ff.
  • Commentary on Art. 293d, 295b-296 and Art. 302 SchKG, in: Schulthess Kommentar zum Bundesgesetz über Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs SchKG, in: Kren Kostkiewicz Jolanta/Vock Dominik (eds.), 4th edition, Zurich/Basel/Geneva 2017, based on the 3rd edition by Carl Jaeger published in 1911 (together with Brigitte Umbach and Stephan Kesselbach)
  • Application for definitive legal opening, in: Kommentierte Musterklagen zur Zwangsvollstreckung und zu den Rechtsmitteln, Fischer Willi/Theus Simoni Fabiana/Gessler Dieter (eds.), Volume V, Zurich 2016, 1st edition, p. 11 ff. (together with Karin Graf)
  • Opening of bankruptcy proceedings without prior debt enforcement (suspension of payments), in: Kommentierte Musterklagen zur Zwangsvollstreckung und zu den Rechtsmitteln, Fischer Willi/Theus Simoni Fabiana/Gessler Dieter (eds.), Volume V, Zurich 2016, 1st edition, p. 35 ff. (together with Karl Wüthrich and Oliver Künzler)
  • Private witness questioning in civil proceedings, dissertation, Zurich 2015
  • Marriages abroad, the limits of their recognition in Switzerland using the example of Islamic marriages, FamPra.ch 2008, p. 48 ff. (together with Andrea Büchler)

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